Stabilisation and Renegotiation Clauses in Production Sharing Contracts: Examining the Problems and Key Issues
Article from: OGEL 6 (2011), in Production Sharing Contracts
Abstract
OPEC's Monthly Oil Market Report (May, 2011) depicts that the price of OPEC's Reference Basket increased in April, 2011 by about $8.25 compared to March, 2011 and by $35.76 from a year earlier. The Nymex WTI and ICE Brent contracts also witnessed their highest prices since the global financial crisis of 2008. Oil producers like Nigeria are not just on the verge of a national petroleum industry 'legal revolution' in its quest to ensure maximum benefits accrue from oil and gas resource exploitation, but as overtime found itself in politically and economically unacceptable position as ...